A Psalm/tenebrae Service
The Tenebrae service that features the extinguishing of lights to represent the fading life of Jesus may take many forms. The Tenebrae service that follows is reading or singing of the Psalms. Order of Worship (People enter in silence) Procession Psalm 69 Cantor:Zeal for your house has consumed me; the insults of those who insult you have fallen upon me. People:(read in unison Psalm 69) Cantor:Zeal for your house has consumed me; the insults of those who insult you have fallen upon me. Silence and Extinguishing of Candles Psalm 70 Cantor:Let those be put to shame and confusion who delight in my misfortune. People:(chant in unison Psalm 70) Cantor:Let those be put to shame and confusion who delight in my misfortune. Silence and Extinguishing of Candles Psalm 74 Cantor:Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the clutches of the unjust and cruel. People:"O God, Why Have You Cast Us All Away" (a metrical setting of Psalm 74 as found in the Psalter Hymnal…
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